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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ivar Jacobson

1939 - Today

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Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (born 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as a major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development and Essence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivar Jacobson has received more than 192,736 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ivar Jacobson is the 76th most popular computer scientist (up from 103rd in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 640th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 50.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ivar Jacobson ranks 76 out of 201. Before him are John Cocke, Ron Rivest, Judea Pearl, James H. Wilkinson, Leonard Adleman, and Ed Roberts. After him are Martin Hellman, Geoffrey Hinton, Stephen Cook, Edward Feigenbaum, Rasmus Lerdorf, and David A. Huffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ivar Jacobson ranks 253. Before him are Breyten Breytenbach, Zenon Grocholewski, Harry Reid, Phil Read, Valery Voronin, and Fahrudin Jusufi. After him are Chögyam Trungpa, Sandro Salvadore, Igor Chislenko, Yury Glazkov, Claudette Colvin, and Stephen Cook.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ivar Jacobson ranks 478 out of 1,612. Before him are Felix Hamrin (1875), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), Fanny Brate (1861), Thomas Hammarberg (1942), Jenny Nyström (1854), and Petra Mede (1970). After him are Kent Andersson (1942), Gustaf Fröding (1860), Ingvar Wixell (1931), Loreen (1983), Lina Sandell (1832), and Axel Ljung (1884).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Sweden

Among computer scientists born in Sweden, Ivar Jacobson ranks 1. After him are Christian Engström (1960) and Gottfrid Svartholm (1984).

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